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BORO OF THROOP ET AL., APLNTS., v. W.C.A.B. ET AL.

No. 550 C.D. 1974.

17 Pa.Commw. 521 (1975)

Borough of Throop and Home Indemnity Co., Insurance Carrier, Appellants, v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board and Joan Leek Merva, Widow of Joseph Merva, Deceased, Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Murphy, with him John R. Lenahan, and Lenahan, Dempsey & Murphy, for appellants.

Ralph P. Needle, with him Jacob Nogi, Needle & Needle, and James N. Diefenderfer, for appellees.

Argued January 10, 1975, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., ROGERS and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., March 5, 1975:

Appellee, Joan Leek Merva, is the wife of Joseph Merva, decedent, who was the police chief for the Borough of Throop (Appellant). Joseph Merva had been on the borough police force for more than 17 years when on April 10, 1972, he was dispatched to the scene of a serious automobile accident in which five persons were injured and one man was trapped in his vehicle. The chief, being the only person on the scene, proceeded...

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